One Step Forward And One Step Right

For reasons that are not mysterious, Pam's House Blend has been all over the Mary Cheney pieces of recent days. For example, today Pam has replies to a couple of articles. I heartily recommend following that link and reading her entry, as well as the more-excellent-than-usual comments section.

Here's my own comments on the articles. The first is written by a couple of lesbians who used to work for the HRC. The thrust of that article seems to be that despite what Cheney has done in the past (or, more to the point, what she has not done), the chances for what she may do in the future mean the gay community should let bygones be bygones.

I'm not a member of the gay community but if I were, I'd be disinclined to give her such a pass, for reasons I'll get into with the second article. It's a profile that appeared in USA Today, containing this charming piece of denial:

Numerous gay rights supporters — and an infamous webcampaign called "Where is Mary Cheney?" — called on her to speak out against Bush's stand and considered her sexuality fair game. "Fair game?" she writes in the book. "My sexuality is fair game? It was completely outrageous."

Sigh. No, Mary, your sexuality is not fair game, your hypocrisy is. You were taking hush money from men who were actively trying to deny rights to people just like you, only not as wealthy and powerful...

You know, suddenly I don't feel like beating around the bush (no pun intended). Mary Cheney is a whore.